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0 advise me, for I need direction 12 15y
0 How to advance fast? 5 15y
0 Help, very important 4 15y
0 Which traders are the ones that get the $50 million bonuses? 10 15y
0 I think I'm done here fellas 17 15y
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+7 Sales and Trading to DCM 15 15y
0 to be a trader 2 15y
0 what stocks do you like 5 15y
0 Do traders get into business school? 26 15y
0 Preparation materials? 6 15y
0 Free traders' spreadsheet? 0 15y
0 Skins 6 15y
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+13 What exactly does the trader do ? 26 15y
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+15 Average Career Length of a Trader... 16 15y
+16 the "it" factor for traders 10 15y
0 Best degree for S/T? 4 15y
0 Sales - Quantative Desks/Firms 3 15y
0 Index Indices 14 15y
+10 Trader at Fannie Mae. Prestigious? 14 15y
0 Desk Recommendations 4 15y
0 The Trading Athlete 1 15y
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0 Group 1 10 15y
0 thoughts on possible desks? 5 15y
0 Structured finance to Trading 4 15y
0 From Fixed Income Research to Sales/Trading? 2 15y
0 McDonald's and the weak dollar 8 15y
0 How to respond to an HR email... 8 15y
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0 Trader's Assistant vs. Middle Office 1 15y
0 series 7, 63 or others for summers? 3 15y
0 Best BB as far as training goes... 10 16y
0 FX Accumulator Options 2 16y
0 Jump to Hedge Fund 1 16y
0 Dresscode on the Trading Floor 25 16y
0 Help, what to do?! 13 16y
0 Goldman and Merrill Almost Junk 7 16y
0 Good P&L numbers 5 16y
0 6-1 interview 3 16y
+6 Wild West of Desks 5 16y
0 Deperate for sales! 2 16y
0 College senior interested in trading 4 16y
0 trading enviroment+$$ 5 16y
+10 Enrty-level BB Proprietary Trading 16 16y
0 New Products? 4 16y
0 Structured EM trading 4 16y
0 Need some advice for interview, etc. 2 16y
+24 A few good men 10 16y
0 Hottest desk(s) 0 16y
0 S&T for Energy Rankings 12 16y
0 Opportunities after 2 years 6 16y
0 which is brockerage is best for beginners 11 16y
+9 S&T Analysts and Their Contracts 10 16y
0 Totally Shut Out of 1st Round Interviews 6 16y
0 Rejected From Lehman Summer START Pre-Interview 5 16y
0 GS Equities 3 16y
0 Lehman's Energy Group 9 16y
0 Move to trading from quant 1 16y
0 List of good trading/structuring internship programs? 7 16y
+22 Master's Program in Quantitative Finance 24 16y
0 lehman brothers s&T- best desk 13 16y
0 Daily trading volume of Equities, Fixed Income, Forex 6 16y
0 Your take on stock prices 10 16y
0 S&T Program Interview Assistance 1 16y
0 2006 Stub Bonuses 5 16y
0 Internships in trading? 1 16y
0 a few newb questions 2 16y
0 52 week % vs YTD % 3 16y
0 SUSQ versus CITI 1 16y
0 Importance of Firm 1 16y
0 What is most exciting about it? 5 16y
0 Derivative Marketer ? 10 16y
0 Fixed Income vs. Currencies vs. Commodities at GS FICC 1 16y
+19 Do many move from IB to trading? 58 16y
0 Undergrad Degree 23 16y
0 Some things you can brush up to help for S&T 6 16y
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0 derivatives desk 5 16y
0 The Hottest Desk 21 16y
0 Questions for SA '07 S&T 10 16y
0 Equity Desks 2 16y
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